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Date:      Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:51:59 +0100
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        Sean Kelly <kelly@ad1440.net>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XML'ifying device driver docs
Message-ID:  <20000408115159.A34149@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <033301bfa0b9$e221c0c0$24d39580@jpl.nasa.gov>; from kelly@ad1440.net on Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:51:20AM -0700
References:  <033301bfa0b9$e221c0c0$24d39580@jpl.nasa.gov>

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On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:51:20AM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote:
> Using XML to leverage "free" documentation out of developers is a snazzy
> idea.  And developers can learn XML is almost no time.
> 
> But what about processing tools?
> 
> Some of the best XML utilities I've used are all in Java.  I haven't played
> around at all with xerces-C, yet, though (see http://xml.apache.org/ for
> more information).  Anyone else?

For something like this, requiring Java is overkill.  I don't know of any
XSLT processors in Perl, but the XML::* modules could be used to write a 
translator.

N
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